WBAL-TV 11 News has learned that a 4-year-old boy walking with his parents was shot in the upper thigh in the area of Light and Pratt streets around 10:15 p.m., city police and fire officials confirmed.

The boy's parents told police they were walking and heard gunfire. They then heard the boy crying, looked down and saw him bleeding.

The boy was taken to the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, where his injuries were considered non-life-threatening as of Tuesday morning. The boy was said to be stable.

In a separate incident, a 26-year-old man died after someone stabbed him in the neck outside the McCormick and Schmicks restaurant at 711 Eastern Ave. across from the Inner Harbor.

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Police said they believe the stabbing happened during a fight between two groups of people. The man was taken to Shock Trauma, where he later died.

Late Tuesday morning, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called the acts cowardly and police vowed to find those responsible.

"It is simply outrageous that anyone would bring a weapon into downtown (and would) bring a weapon into a fireworks display, particularly an illegal weapon," Rawlings-Blake said. "These people who engage in these terrible and senseless acts of violence are cowards and we're not going to tolerate their cowardly behavior."

No assailants were in custody by Tuesday afternoon, but police released a picture of a man wanted for questioning in connection with the stabbing. If you know who and/or where the man is, Baltimore police ask you to contact them at 410-396-2100.

A statement from M&S management indicated that the incident did not involve customers or employees of the restaurant.

As many as 600 police officers were deployed throughout downtown for the July Fourth festivities as part of an elaborate holiday public safety plan. Maryland State Police and officers from the Maryland Transportation Authority and Maryland Transit Administration police departments assisted city police.

WBAL-TV 11 News learned that police are using surveillance video to figure out what happened. Police Commissioner Fred Bealefeld will hold a news conference Tuesday morning to address the violence.

The violence downtown sparked outrage among fireworks spectators and residents who shared their thoughts and prayers online. April Joyave wrote on WBAL-TV 11's page on Facebook, "Sad that we cant take our families out to enjoy a family event anymore without worrying about shootings etc."

Brandy Coburn Braitsch wrote, "So sad, I have a 4-year-old and my heart goes out to the family!"

This isn't the first time violence erupted at the July Fourth festivities at the Inner Harbor. In 2006, 15 people were arrested in connection with a brawl after the fireworks show.

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